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YouTube · Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:15 pm

NS's Dash-8.5 engines in Roanoke, VA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2720441 ... 312!8i6656

Tall mast signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2780958 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2792658 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2717574 ... 312!8i6656
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https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2717574 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2680894 ... 312!8i6656

ZachL · Post by **ZachL** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 10:06 pm

I wonder how much more NS spends just to have taller masts.

busman_49 · Post by **busman_49** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 10:50 am

I don't get the point for taller masts, unless the signal has a taller gate to go with it...are they just picking up random parts and throwing things together?

YouTube · Wed Jul 13, 2016 10:58 am

ZachL wrote:I wonder how much more NS spends just to have taller masts.

busman_49 wrote:I don't get the point for taller masts, unless the signal has a taller gate to go with it...are they just picking up random parts and throwing things together?

I honestly I have no clue. I think it's usually due to long gates though.

cabman701 · Post by **cabman701** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 4:30 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:
ZachL wrote:I wonder how much more NS spends just to have taller masts.

busman_49 wrote:I don't get the point for taller masts, unless the signal has a taller gate to go with it...are they just picking up random parts and throwing things together?
I honestly I have no clue. I think it's usually due to long gates though.

They all seem to be pretty much the same length... maybe they get a bulk discount?

McK&H.Aust · Post by **McK&H.Aust** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 10:13 pm

This crossing is in Australia. It seems rather odd to have this sign at a crossing with signals, it's also back a long way from the track https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.357094 ... 6656?hl=en
There is a sign on the other side as well https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.357199 ... 6656?hl=en

Those signals have been there since the 1980's so I'm not sure why they put the signs up.

YouTube · Sat Jul 16, 2016 11:09 pm

A few classic crossings:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7169606 ... 6656?hl=en

This one is next to a tornado siren:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7098381 ... 6656?hl=en
Have to wonder what happened here!

chris96 · Post by **chris96** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 1:34 am

Some classic crossings in Pleasant Point, New Zealand. I'm not sure if the teardrop bells are Union Switch and Signal or McKenzie & Holland:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-44.261 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-44.262 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Pl ... 15!6m1!1e1

YouTube · Sun Jul 17, 2016 12:56 pm

chris96 wrote:Some classic crossings in Pleasant Point, New Zealand. I'm not sure if the teardrop bells are Union Switch and Signal or McKenzie & Holland:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-44.261 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-44.262 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Pl ... 15!6m1!1e1

McKenzie & Holland it looks like, at least for the first two:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-44.261 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-44.262 ... 312!8i6656

McK&H.Aust · Post by **McK&H.Aust** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 10:17 pm

chris96 wrote:Some classic crossings in Pleasant Point, New Zealand. I'm not sure if the teardrop bells are Union Switch and Signal or McKenzie & Holland:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-44.261 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-44.262 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Pl ... 15!6m1!1e1

Nice crossings. I noticed another one with bells that look like they could be Griswold/RACO and some interesting looking gate mechs. I wonder who made them? https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-44.264 ... 312!8i6656

I like these advance warning signs with the steam locomotive on them. There used to be lots of them in Australia but they don't seem to use them very often now. The crossbucks all seem to say "crossing rail way", I wonder if that's just a local thing? https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-44.267 ... 312!8i6656

There seems to be some small rear facing lights underneath the main ones? Interesting https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-44.261 ... 312!8i6656

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